Backblaze Names Marc Suidan Chief Financial Officer
August 08 2024 - 3:05PM
Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator
providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers,
today announced Marc Suidan is joining the company as Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 16, 2024.
“I am excited to welcome Marc as our Chief Financial Officer,”
said Gleb Budman, Backblaze CEO and Chairperson of the Board. “He
has deep knowledge and experience strategically guiding companies
through financial growth. His expertise and leadership will be a
valuable asset as we empower customers to move to an open cloud and
to do more with their data.”
Suidan brings to Backblaze more than 20 years of experience and
a proven track record of driving shareholder value, growth, and
innovation at technology companies. His background includes leading
a publicly held company as CFO, and advising and leading companies
of all sizes in the technology and media industries, including
numerous storage and software as a service (SaaS) cloud companies.
He has held leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
McKinsey & Company, and others. Most recently, he was the CFO
of The Beachbody Company (NYSE: BODi).
“I believe that Backblaze is uniquely positioned for success in
the cloud services industry and their vision to lead and grow the
open cloud ecosystem is what drew me to the company,” said Suidan.
"I'm excited to join Backblaze and lead the financial organization
as we continue to drive strong growth, increase profitability, and
deliver shareholder value.”
Suidan succeeds Frank Patchel, who, as previously announced,
will retire from the company in Q3 2024.
“I would like to thank Frank for all of his contributions to
Backblaze,” said Budman. “He’s been an integral part of our
company’s success, especially leading us through our successful IPO
and for years after. We greatly appreciate his years of service and
wish him well in retirement.”
About Backblaze
Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator providing a modern
alternative to traditional cloud providers. We deliver
high-performance, secure cloud object storage that customers use to
develop applications, manage media, secure backups, build AI
workflows, protect from ransomware, and more. Backblaze helps
businesses break free from the walled gardens that traditional
providers lock customers into, enabling them to use their data in
open cloud workflows with the providers they prefer at a fraction
of the cost. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Backblaze (NASDAQ:
BLZE) was founded in 2007 and serves over 500,000 customers in 175
countries around the world. For more information, please go to
www.backblaze.com.
Press Contact:Jeanette FosterCommunications Manager, Backblaze
jfoster@backblaze.com
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